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The article on Hobbisme contains an analysis, evidently made by the writer's own hand, of the bulk of Hobbes's propositions; it is scarcely, however, illuminated by a word of criticism.
If Rousseau had found no neater expression for his doctrine than this, the Social Contract would assuredly have been no explosive. See especially ch. viii. See Diderot's article on Hobbisme in the Encyclopædia, Oeuv., xv. 122. Esprit des Lois, I. i. Cont. Soc., II. vi. 50. Goguet has the merit of seeing distinctly that command is the essence of law. Cont. Soc., II. vi. 51-53.
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